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Who is the maker ?!

hassan - 8-12-2006 at 04:09 PM

There is an intervew with Marcel Khalifa on Video Google... does anybody know if Marcel oud in the intervew is made by Samir Azar ( Hello Samir! I think that oud is made by you, doesn't it?) There is the link:

http://video.google.fr/videoplay?docid=3259949818134281388&q=ma...

Thanx

hassan

Greg - 8-13-2006 at 05:47 AM

Thanks for the link Hassan.

On this clip, Marcel Khalifa's risha seems to extend a lot further than most other players.
Perhaps it was because he was playing unaccompanied and didn't need a lot of volume to compete with other instruments. Does anyone else have a comment about this risha technique?

Regards,

Greg

amtaha - 8-13-2006 at 06:41 AM

You would notice kind of the same thing in the videos posted here ..

http://www.marcelkhalife.com/httpdocs/htmls/taqasim.html

Brian Prunka - 8-13-2006 at 07:40 AM

Amazing.

Jameel - 8-13-2006 at 10:59 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Greg
Thanks for the link Hassan.

On this clip, Marcel Khalifa's risha seems to extend a lot further than most other players.
Perhaps it was because he was playing unaccompanied and didn't need a lot of volume to compete with other instruments. Does anyone else have a comment about this risha technique?

Regards,

Greg


Yeah, I noticed the same thing. He also seems to use more downstrokes only on faster passages vs. alternate picking. See for example the 1:00 mark in taqasim1. I would imagine his pick would need to be quite stiff to be effective with that much extended.

hassan - 8-13-2006 at 11:40 AM

Hey guys

I agree with you all! Do you know the maker of his oud?

best for all
hassa

al-Halabi - 8-13-2006 at 12:19 PM

The Lebanese luthier Albert Mansour had made ouds for Marcel Khalife, although I don't know if this particular one was also his work.

Khalife Technique

LeeVaris - 8-13-2006 at 03:04 PM

I've always been facinated with Marcel Khalife's risha technique. He has a great video documentary DVD out called "Voyageur" that is all about his life and musical career. About 4 hours long - there is a lot of clips showing him playing. In many, he's using what appears to be a long horn risha, in most cases he seems to hold it with the end coming out between his ring and little fingers. It also appears to be quite flexible as you can see it wiggle in his hand between strokes or when he's resting. The the interview above he seems to be using a nylon risha similar to the turkish kind and he's holding the risha in a more mormal fashion with the end extending out the back of the hand (not between the fingers). In the "Taksim" video from his website you can see that he has a fairly straight wrist position, not bent towards the face as much as most oudists. Marcel does seem to have a very delicate and variable attack with very clear articulation. He definitely has a unique style. Very fluid loose hand movements.

mavrothis - 8-13-2006 at 03:36 PM

Wow,

Thanks for the links guys, this is beautiful music. I definitely need to get more acquainted with Marcel Khalife's music. Very creative and free compositions. :) :applause:

Thanks,

mavrothis

Matthias - 5-30-2014 at 01:58 AM

Hello Hassan,

unfortunately I could not open the video link. But I know many videos from him, saw him several times in concert and once met him personally. Always he is playing a Mohamed Fadhel instrument, and as he said to me this is for him the "only" he likes to play. This is the model Munir Bashir palyed finally, all members of Munir Bashisr's group "Al Bayrak" did play it like Raed Koshaba, Ali Hassan ... Marcel Khalife told me that he baught this instrument from one player of this group who stopped playing.

btw. I do make this model. You ca see a video here with Raed Koshaba:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9i9uvzpSoQttp

and more informations you can find here on my website:
http://www.lutes-strings.de/english/Aoud_baghdad-1.php

Best regards

Matthias

suz_i_dil - 5-30-2014 at 08:58 AM

Hello Mathias

did you made a try of this same oud but just with a fix bridge ?

I mean like this oud that can be hear at 19:33:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iR7WKgnkIA

If i catch well his explainaition it was a floater that has been broken, then repaired to a fix bridge system, keeping the original bracing of the floater.
I really found the sound of this fix bridge version beautiful

Regards